Hundreds injured and detained during East Jerusalem raid

Skirmishes between Israeli police and Palestinians lasted for six hours on Friday morning. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following Hundreds injured and detained during East Jerusalem raid [Medics evacuate an injured Palestinian man during clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli security forces, outside Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, April 15, 2022.] Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP Israel More than [150 Palestinians have been injured]( after Israeli police raided the al-Aqsa mosque compound in East Jerusalem on Friday, with hundreds of people being detained. Worshippers threw stones and set off fireworks. Six Palestinians also died during confrontations with police in the West Bank. The clashes come amid a crackdown by Israeli forces on militants and activists following a string of attacks in Israel that [left 11 people dead](. The Friday morning skirmishes [lasted for six hours](. This latest unrest comes as Ramadan, Easter and Passover take place at the same time this year in a rare occurrence. South Africa At least 300 people have died, and many are still missing, in South Africa, in what some people are calling the country’s [deadliest storm]( on record. The death toll is expected to rise as search and rescue operations continue. Torrential rains, plus widespread flash and river flooding also destroyed infrastructure, including bridges, cell towers and water treatment facilities in the KwaZulu-Natal Province, caused by subtropical storm Issa. The provincial government declared a state of disaster earlier in the week. [Roads and homes]( were also damaged. The affected areas include the coastal city of Durban. Cameroon The Biden administration has granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to more than [10,000 immigrants to the US from Cameroon](. The move allows them to stay in the country for 18 months and apply for work permits, but only those people living in the United States as of April 14 are eligible. The Department of Homeland Security said the decision was based on the [years-long armed conflict]( between the country’s English-speaking minority and French-speaking majority, and a “significant rise” in attacks by the insurgent group Boko Haram. --------------------------------------------------------------- From The World ['I know that he will not stop fighting,' wife of Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza says]( [Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza lays flowers near the place where Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down, in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 27, 2021.]( Credit: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP/File photo Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara Murza was arrested earlier this week in Moscow. He was sentenced to 15 days in jail in Moscow Tuesday for "disobeying a police order." Kara-Murza is a Kremlin critic and has [publicly spoken out]( against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Host Marco Werman with Vladimir Kara-Murza's wife, Evgenia Kara-Murza. [Ukraine’s LGBTQ community finds refuge in Berlin]( [Volunteers waiting for refugees from Ukraine stand at information desks at the main train station in Berlin, March 15, 2022.]( Credit: Markus Schreiber/AP At least 10 Berlin organizations are working together to [provide new arrivals with information]( on where to access LGBTQ-friendly accommodation, legal advice and health care. --------------------------------------------------------------- Double take The famous North Korean TV anchor has a new home. The nation’s leader Kim Jong Un gifted a [luxurious residence]( to Ri Chun Hi, asking her to continue serving as the voice of his ruling Workers’ Party. The broadcaster has announced major events for decades, including the death of former leader Kim Jong Il and the country’s nuclear and missile tests. Ri, who is about 79, will live in a newly built riverside terraced residential district in the capital Pyongyang. [Kim Jong Un visits the new house of Korean Central Broadcasting announcer Ri Chun Hi after attending an inauguration ceremony of Pothong riverside terraced residential district in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 13, 2022.] Credit: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP --------------------------------------------------------------- [In case you missed it from The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget to subscribe to The World's Latest Edition podcast using your favorite podcast player: [RadioPublic](, [Apple Podcasts](, [Stitcher](, [Soundcloud](, [RSS]( [The World logo]( [The World on Facebook]( [The World's Twitter account]( [Donate]( | [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [Edit your subscription]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [View in your browser]( Top of the World is written weekday mornings by the team at [The World](. [The World]( is produced by [PRX]( and [GBH](.